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No. 475,486. Patented May 24, 1892.

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FRANCIS W. CARPENTER, OF HARRISON, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,486, dated May 24, 1892.

Application tiled January 27, 1892. Serial No. l19,371. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. CARPEN- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrison, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

I make use of a toy elevator with a swinglng door or gate, which when the door is opened is adapted to receive a toy figure, preferably mounted on a base g and I employ a pusher that acts to project the figure from the elevator when the same has been drawn upto the proper place, so that the figure is automatically moved, and with these devices I provide a representation of the front of abuilding with a balcony upon which a toy figure is projected, and a toy ladder placed against the front of the building receives a toy figure, such as a fireman, and there is a cord and pulley for drawing up such toy iigure, and the extended arm thereof passes into the opening between the clasped hands and arms of the figure on the balcony, lifting the same so that the two figures can be lowered upon the ladder together. The ladder and the movable figure correspond generally to those represented in Patent No. 467,332, granted to me January 19, 1892.

In the drawings, Figure I is a vertical sec` tion of the elevating device and of the representation of the building. Fig. 2 is a front View. Fig. 3 is a detached plan View of the rolling carriage for the toy figure and a section of the elevator. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the base of the figure. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the elevator, and Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view showing a swinging base for the figure.

I make use of a carriage A upon the wheels B, so that the toy can be drawn around upon such wheels, and upon the carriage is a baseblock O, and the toy representation of a building is made hollow to set upon this base-block O or be removed therefrom for packing, and the toy building is composed of the back D, sides E, and front F, and it is advantageous to make the front as an ornamental casting to represent doors, windows, cornice, dec., and a representation of a balcony is shown at G, and the swinging door or gate H is provided at the lower part of such front, and this is preferably ornamental open-Work and provided with a latch 2 and hinges 3.

Vithin the toy building is an elevator I, which is preferably of sheet metal, cut out, bent up, and soldered at the angles and having a track or guides I upon the bottom thereof for the figure-base K, having wheels 5, and the toy figure L is hollow and sets upon the base K, and there is an upwardly-proj ecting flange or rib 6 upon the base K, passing into the hollow toy gure, so as to steady such toy `ligure while in position upon the base.

A cord 7, passing over a pulley 8, is made use of for raising and lowering the elevator I, and there may be a second pulley or roller 9 for the cord to pass beneath, and usually a counter-weight l0 is provided to take up slack in the cord 7 and to partially counterpoise the elevator I; but the elevator should be of superior weight, so that 4it descends when the cord 7 is not acted upon.

After the elevator I has been raised so that the bottom thereof is on the same level as the oor upon which the figure is to be discharged D, down through the carriage A, and along to the front is connected at its upper end to this spring N, and by this cord the spring N can be drawn backwardly, and the lower part of the elevator I is slotted or made open for the free passage of the finger in a forward direction.

As the elevator and the ligure contained therein are drawn up, the upper portion of the elevator presses back the spring N, and as the elevator reaches its highest point the nger ll passes freely into the slot at the back of such elevator and presses against the ligure-base K and causes the same to roll forward upon its Wheels 5 to the position shown by dotted lines, Fig. Land as this movement IOO 12 is drawn upon to move the springN back' wardly andcarry it and the finger away from the elevator, so that Ithe latter may descend automatically by its Weight being greater than the counter-weight, as before mentioned.

The figure L is somewhat similar to that in my aforesaid patent, the arms being extended and the hands clasped, and it is desirable that When this ligure is used with a toy lireescape the figure should occupy such a position to the base K that the hands and arms will be in a position to be taken by the toy figure 0 upon the ladder P, and to insure this position the flange or rib 6 should either be irregular or formed in such a manner that the figure can only set down upon the base K when it is in the proper position, the opening inside the ligure corresponding to the contour of the flange or rib 6.

The ladder P and ligure O may be similar to those shown in my aforesaid patent, the figure having one or both arms projected upwardly, so as to pass in between the arms and hands of the toy ligure upon the balcony, and the cord 13 over the pulley Q is connected with thisigureO,andsuchtigureO,insteadof being provided with a base upon which the same can stand, is represented as havingr a loop 14 passing around the ladder from the feet portions of the figure and a second loop l5 to which one arm of the figure is connected. These become guides as the figure is drawn up or down the ladder.

It is to be understood that when the door or gate H is opened and the base K and figure introduced into the elevator, as represented in Fig. 1 by full lines, the Wheels of the base can touch at the front and back of the vertical inclosure, provided the back of the elevator has openings through it for the back Wheels of the ligure-base to pass into, and in this Way the parts Will be guided and friction lessened.

It is advantageous to attachthe ladder at its top end to the front of the building and at its bottom end to pass it into recesses in the carriage A or against a projection thereon.

The toyas a whole can bedrawn around by a string upon the floor, or it can be made use of for the amusement of children and others in the manner heretofore indicated.

When the base K for the ligure is not pro vided with wheels, such base may be connect ed within the bottom of the toy elevator by a stud or pivot 16, as seen in Fig. 6,so as to swing thereon and carry the base and figure out of the toy elevator and over the door or balcony to the position before described for the figure to be taken by the figure that is moved up the ladder.

The means for moving the figure out of the elevator may be varied to suit the other parts of the toy.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a toy elevator, of au inelosing case, a door for giving access to the elevator, a pulley anda cord or chain passing over the pulley and connected with the elevator, a toy figure and a rolling base for supporting the saine, and means for projecting the base and/figure from the elevator when raised, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a toy elevator, of a vertical frame or support, an elevator guided by the frame or support, a pulley, and a cord or chain over the pulley for raising the elevator, a figure-base, and wheels for supporting the same adapted to bereceived in the ele.- vator, and a device for projecting the base from the elevator upon the licor or support to which the elevator is raised, substantially as set forth.

3. The eo mbination, with a toy elevator and its inclosing case, of a door or opening to admit a toy figure near the bottom of the case, a toy ligure adapted to be placed within the elevator, a pulley and cord or chain for raising the elevator, and a spring to discharge the figure from the elevator, substantially as set forth.

Ll. The combination, in a toy elevator, of a vertical frame or support, a pulley, and a cord or chain passing over the pulley and connected with the elevator, atoy figure and a base for supporting the same, and means for projecting the base and ligure from the elevator when raised, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in a toy, of a carriage and wheels, a case resting upon the carriage, a connecting device for `holding the case in position upon the carriage, an elevator Within the ease, a pulley and cord over the pulley for raising or lowering the elevator, a door near the lower portion of the case to give access tothe elevator, a floor and a balcony atthe level to which the elevator is raised, and a toy figure adapted to be moved out of the elevator, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, in a toy, of a carriage and wheels, a base-block permanently fastened upon the carriage, a case resting upon the carriage and held in position by the baseblock, an elevator Within the case, a pulley and cord over the pulley for raising or lowering the elevator, a door near the lower portion of the case to give access to the elevator, a floor and abalcony at the level to which the elevator is raised, a spring within the case pressed back by the elevator as it is raised, a finger upon the spring, and a toy adapted to be placed Within the elevator and to be projected therefrom by the finger, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, in a toy, of a carriage and wheels, a base-block permanently fast- IOC IIO

ened upon the carriage, a case resting upon the carriage and held in position bythe baseblock, an elevator Within the case, a pulley and cord over the pulleyl1 for raising or lowering the elevator, a door near the lower portion of the case to give access to the elevator,A

a floor and a balcony at the level to which the elevator is raised, a spring Within the case pressed back by the eievator as it is raised, a finger upon the spring, a toy adapted to be placed Within the elevator, a base with rollers to support the toy, a ladder connected at its FRANCIS W. CARPENTER. Witnesses:

GEO. T.P1NCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Morir. 

